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Originally Posted by August
You make it sound like Japans invasion was the Chinese governments fault.
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Well in part it was.
The perceived weakness of the Chinese Government gave Japan the will to invade a numerically superior country. Had China had a cohesive and well ordered regime in the early to mid 30's Japan would have had a much harder time reaching the decision to invade.
However IMHO their main driver was desparation to obtain raw materials due to the economic strictures placed on Japan by Western governments, so if you want to point fingers then the lack of resources and these embargoes were one of the root causes of Japan's expansionist ambitions.